New England Families

p. 268 of History of Penobscot County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co, 1882

"Charles V Lancil was born in Bordeaux, France, and emigrating to America, settled in Truro, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he met Ruth Paine, by whom he had eight children. After living at various places he died at Bangor at the age of fifty-two years, and his wife died at the same place at same age. Their children were as follows: Thomas, died some ten years ago; Mary, died twenty-five years ago; Betsey, resides at the old home in Bangor; Asa T, lives at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and is a cooper; Captain James P, is a shipmaster at Bangor; Ephraim P, is a cistern manufacturer at Bangor; George W, died thirty years ago. Captain Charles V Lancil, the fourth child, was born in Chatham, Massachusetts, September 16, 1808, and settled in Bangor, where he now resides, at the age of seventy-three years. His business is that of a sea captain. He married Louisa Hartford about 1836, and has had five children: Amanda, died at the age of two years; Albert, lived to be three years, and Franklin, six months of age. Nellie, is the wife of Warren Pierce; mary, married James L Grant, and has three children--Alice, Annie, and Charles. Captain Lancil has a good residence on Main street, Brewer.